Steam-holding cap for bottles or cans.



No. 7|6,6l9. PatantedDec. 23, I902. W. H. BEECHING. STEM HOLDING CAP FORBUTTLES 0R CANS.

(Application med Aug. 80 1902.)

(No Model.)

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UNTTnn STATES ATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. BEECI-IING, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

STEM-HOLDING CAP FOR BOTTLES OR CANS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 716,619, datedDecember 23, 1902. Application filed August 30,1902. Serial No. 121,667.(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. BEECHING, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Stem-Holding Gaps for Bottles or Cans, of wvhich thefollowing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is aspecification.

My invention relates to that class of caps and stoppers that haveattached to them stems or shafts for holding brushes, swabs, spoons, orspatulas; and it consists in the peculiar manner of connecting the stemto the cap, the object being to make a firm, durable, and inexpensivedevice. This object I attain by the means illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is an elevation showing acap-stopper and stem attached. Fig. 2 is a plan of the part that isinside of the cap proper. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the interior part.Fig. 4 is a cross vertical section of the cap-stopper.

In the drawings, A A, Figs. 1 and 2, represent a thin metallic cap, thepart A being formed so as to constitute a screw-thread, as shown. Withinthe cap A A a block of wood B B is secured. The parts B and B are bored,as at D, for the purpose of receiving the end of the stem 0 for thebrush part E.

The block B fits accurately into the upper part of the cap and is heldtherein by the compression of the walls of the cap in form ing thescrew-threads thereon. (See Fig. 4.)

This block B besides serving as a stem-holder serves as a gasket betweenthe top of the neck of the bottle and the interior top of the cap tomake a fluid-tight joint.

The stem 0 may have at its end a brush or dauber of some absorbentmaterial, or it may be in the form of a spoon or spatula, as may bedesired.

It is essential that the part A A shall be of metal or some imperviousmaterial.

The great advantage of this closure device is that it furnishes a cheapmeans of applying the contents of the package, and at the same time thecontents of the bottle or can will not soak through the cap and make itobjectionable forhandling,&c. It also preserves the contents of thebottle or can much longer and better.

I claim- A closure device for bottles, comprising: a screw-capconstructed to fit the neck of the bottle, and to be compressed aboutthe stemholding gasket-block: a stem-holding gasketblock fitting theupper part of the said cap and held therein by the compressed walls ofthe said cap, as described: a stem inserted in said block andconstructed to hold a brush, and said brush substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses, on this 28th day of August, A. D.1902.

WILLIAM H. BEECHING.

Witnesses:

FRANK G. PARKER, WILLIAM EDSON.

